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The International Islamic Code for Medical and Health Ethics

CHAPTER 7

Medical Behavior and Physician Rights and Duties

Physician Duties towards the Establishment He Works at

Article Eighty:

A physician should protect the reputation and dignity of the establishment at which he works, and should actively contribute to the organization, development, and improvement of the establishment and its performance.

Article Eighty-One:

He should abide by the laws, bylaws, and regulations applied in that establishment.

Article Eighty-Two:

He should safeguard its property and use it most rationally.

Supporting Islamic Legal Evidence:

I. In the Glorious Quran:

1. "God commands you to deliver trusts where they are due" (Al-Nisaa IV: 58).

2. "When in his company on a congregational matter, they do not depart before they beg his leave" (Al-Noor XXIV: 62).

3. "Do not withhold a testimony. Any person who withholds it, has a sinful heart. God has knowledge of what you do" (Al-Baqarah II: 283).

II. In the Prophet's Tradition:

1. In an attributed tradition quoting Khawlah of the Ansaar (Supporters), "Some men help themselves unjustifiably to God's property; they will get Hellfire on the Day of Resurrection." (Cited by Al-Bukhari.)

2. In an attributed tradition quoting 'Obaadah Ibn Al-Saamet, "Do not betray the trust you are given; such betrayal is fire and disgrace in this life and the Hereafter for those who practice it." (Verified by Ibn Habbaan.)

3. In an attributed tradition quoting Anas, "Listen and obey, even if an Abyssinian slave is made a ruler over you." (Cited by Al-Bukhari and Ahmad in his attributed collection.) Islamic Center of Southern California